Check our website often for the latest driver, Multiple Playback Modes firmware and software updates: Can be set to Normal cycle single song www.nextar.com Cycle Single Song, Play Directory, Cycle Directories, Cycle All, Shuffle or Browse remove able Disk Use this unit as a removable drive, storing...
uSB Connection 4. BASIC FunCTIonS Quick connection to USB port. Start up/Shutdown Built-in FM radio Start up or shutdown player by pressing and Listen to FM stations and set your favorite holding the “PLAY” button. stations by using Auto Preset or Manual Preset.
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Main menu: Enter USB mode*, display shows: *must be connected to PC Select Music mode, display shows: Adjusting Volume Decrease volume by pressing VOL - Increase volume by pressing VOL+. key lock (holD) Function Move the HOLD switch to the position Select Record mode, display shows: showing the lock.
5. BuTTon/ConTrol FunCTIonS Music mode and Voice mode Action Stop state Play state Play submenu Stop Submenu Press and hold Shutdown Shutdown Shutdown Shutdown Play Press and release Play Stop Exit menu Exit menu Press and hold Enter main menu Enter main menu Enter main menu Enter main menu...
record mode Action Stop state Record state Press and hold Shutdown Stop record Play Press and release Start to record Pause record Press and hold Enter main menu Mode Press and release Enter record submenu...
6. PlAYInG MuSIC To delete files in (stop submenu) mode: Files can be deleted under their respective Adding and deleting files modes. To add and delete music file on your MP3 player, simply connect the unit to the USB 1). At Stop Interface (no Stop Interface port of your PC or Notebook computer, exists in FM Mode).
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6). Press MODE to confirm and deletion To play music. starts. 4). Choose music Last: choose last song Next: choose next song “Delete all” will delete all files in the current 5). Control volume mode under the current directory. VOL+: increases volume (For example, only music files will be deleted VOL-: decreases volume if you choose Delete All under the music...
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4). Enter “Equalizer” by pressing MODE. Name of song: Jay-Sky.mp3 / Name of lyric file: Jay-Sky.lrc How to know whether a song has lyrics: If there is a lyric file matching the song, the icon on the upper left corner of music mode 5).
7. VoICe reCorDer 5). Other operations use steps 1 through 3. Note: Voice recording requires significant 6). Voice recordings are saved in the current battery power. Check you batteries before directory; set in “stop record/submenu/ recording. directories of main disk” You can save ninety-nine recorded files in If “The space is full”...
3). Dial Next, choose the submenu “record 8. PlAYInG reCorDeD FIleS type”: 1). Enter main menu. 4). Press Mode to enter the option: 2). Dial Next to choose “Voice mode”. 3). Press Mode to enter Voice mode. 5). Dial Next to choose record type. 6).
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9. ConVerTInG ACT FIleS To wAV 10. SYSTeM SeTuP Files recorded into the player in ACT format how To enter Player Setup Mode can be changed into WAV format with the Set system parameters here. These will need program that was installed from the included to be reset after every firmware upgrade 1).
overview of Settings 11. DeTAIleD oPerATInG Set save time and date InSTruCTIon Record time for recorded files Set “record time” Set the amount of time the 1). Interface for system setup. Backlight backlight remains on Languages Sets different language Sets the automatic shut off timer Power Off 2).
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Set Backlight time Set language 1). Interface for setting system. See “Backlight time” - operations are the same. Set Power off See “Backlight time”- operations are the same 2). Dial Next to choose “Backlight”. Power-save mode shuts it down automatically if no buttons are pressed during the set time and the unit is not playing 3).
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“AUTO mode” denotes that it will pause Firmware upgrade automatically in replay. Enter this interface to upgrade your firmware. Adjust Contrast See “Backlight time”- operations are the Advanced Tip: Exit menus rapidly by same. pressing Play after setting options. This function works on any menu.
1). Standby State 2). Dial Next to choose “system setup”. 2). Downloading/uploading state 3). Press Mode to enter “system Setup”. 4). Dial Next to choose “firmware upgrade”. new folder This player supports up to ninety-nine one- level folders created by the user. Press Mode enter...
8). Choose new firmware from the CD, or 14. MISCellAneouS SeTTInGS select the firmware file previously downloaded form the Nextar homepage 9). Click the “begin Choosing Different Directories (stop upgrade” button to start the upgrade. submenu) In order to play and manage sorted 10).
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4). Dial Next or Last to choose directories. 1). Playing music. To select a chosen directory press Mode. 2). Press Mode to enter submenu. Attention: Directories within a mode are independent of the other modes’ directories. They may be given the same name and same settings as directories in other modes, but they will not affect other the other directories under other modes.
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replay Mode (Play submenu) 5). Dial Next to confirm starting point A. Enter by pressing “REC/A-B” directly or from submenu. A-B replay 6). Dial Next to confirm starting point B 1). Play music or record. Repeat play between A-B, exit Reread after setting times;...
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By allowing users to create separate 3). Plays original sound again after playing partitions on their unit, and then encrypt follow-read sound of user, repeats until those partitions, Nextar has solved this Mode is pressed to exit. problem.
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Users can divide USB disk into two partitions 3. First you will see format tools. Choose (of any size) with tools provided with the “partition and encryption”, then choose player. (again , note previous warnings that appropriate capacity for encrypted partition, you must have Windows 2K SP4 installed select “Set username and password”...
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4.Once partitioning is complete, you will see 7.Double click the encrypted partition. There the following message: will be three files, two of which are hidden files, one of which is executable file, and disk space is 300K (in the example below). 8.Run executable file “RdiskDecrypt.exe”, input user name and password in dialogue box.
16. TrouBleShooTInG Check if the batteries are installed correctly; No power Check if the USB connection is solid; Check if the player has been started. Check if the volume is turned down; No sound in earphones Check for a problem with the connection of earphones; Damaged MP3s can play differently, or not at all.
17. TeChnICAl SPeCIFICATIonS Connection to PC USB 2.0 full-speed EMS memory Flash storage: 64MB - 1GB One AAA No.7 alkaline battery Power supply The longest play time: Sampling rate 8KHz Record Record format WAV (32K bps), ACT (8K bps) Record time 35H (ACT, 128M Flash) Highest output (L) 10mW+ (R) 10mW (32Ohm)
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